Talk:Joseph Biederman

The entire entry is basically praising Biederman. There is hardly any mention of the controversy surrounding bipolar diagnoses in children or the investigation he is currently under for taking money from pharmaceutical companies and not reporting it. MaryTormey (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)My name is Mary Tormey I have been forced to take Risperdal and I think it would be wrong to give that drug to anyone, let alone a child. I would like to see more information about the drugs he got approved to treat children and the children who have suffered and died because of these drugs. Also I would like to see some mention of the fact that he tested Risperdal, a drug with a black box warning on children and that he received a great deal of money from companies marketing the drugs he promoted. Also he may have further implicated himself by reporting that money only after he got caught.MaryTormey (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

If you find some sources for this info, like news paper articles or jounal articles, then we should add this info in.Beefcake6412 (talk) 22:38, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

More critical refs to include

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22237 MaxPont (talk) 14:26, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It should also be noted that when PBS' Frontline asked to interview him on their The Medicated Child program, he refused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ss06470 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Please take a close look at this

Most of the page lists verifiable facts about Joseph Biederman. The criticism section is potentially libelous. It is dangerous to include congressional "charges" in a biography when Biederman has not been found guilty of any of these charges by due process. I checked the additional critical reference recommended and it is just another rehash of the congressional "charges." My preference is that Wikipedia not include unsubstantiated "charges" in biographies. Although being "charged" by a congressional investigator seems to have some face validity, it is important to remember that Congressmen and women are not subject to libel laws. Thus, they can say what they want with impunity to score political points. Note also that there is a Wiki about Bipolar disorder in children, which addresses the controversy. Charles.hamilton95 (talk) 12:17, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

It isn't really a charge as much as it is the fact that he was caught receiving at least 1.6 million USDs from the very drug companies whose drugs he was promoting. It's not as if he was going to go to prison over it, it's just a conflict of interest for somebody considered to be doing scientific research. 24.236.234.23 (talk) 05:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

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Jewish ancestry?

Biedermann is often (but not always) an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. If Joseph Biederman is Jewish or has Jewish ancestry, it should be mentioned in the article. 2601:8C:4581:1150:31A3:755B:44B6:FF04 (talk) 01:24, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't think we need you spreading antisemtism remarks 211.30.147.97 (talk) 10:10, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Hagiography

Article is a mess. Much of it reads like hagiography and downplays the still highly controversial nature of his work and relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. Many unnecessary citations and simply too much information. Much of it appears to have been written by Stephen Faraone, a former collaborator. I will try to piece something together from contemporary histories of psychiatry and see what can be kept. Feline negativity (talk) 02:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)